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Space Shuttle exhausted aluminum oxide - A measured particle size distributionAluminum oxide (A2O3) particles were collected from the Space Shuttle exhaust plume immediately following the launch of STS-34 on October 18, 1989. A2O3 samples were obtained at 2.4, 3.0, 3.2, and 7.4 km in altitude. The samples were analyzed using SEM to develope particle size distributions. There were no indications that the particle size distribution changed as a function of altitude. The particle number concentrations per cubic meter of air sampled for the four collections was found to fit an exponential expression.
Document ID
19910069799
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Cofer, W. R., III
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Purgold, G. C.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Edahl, R. A.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Winstead, E. L.
(ST Systems Corp. Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
September 20, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 96
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Spacecraft Propulsion And Power
Accession Number
91A54422
Distribution Limits
Public
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